معرفی
Anne Meneley is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Trent University, where she has been a faculty member since 1998, progressing from Assistant Professor to her current position as Professor (since 2015). She received her PhD in Anthropology from New York University in 1993 and has established herself as a leading scholar in the anthropology of food, particularly focusing on olive oil production and consumption in Palestine and the Mediterranean.
Her research spans multiple regions including the Middle East (particularly Yemen and Palestine), Italy, and broader Mediterranean contexts. Meneley's work examines:
- Anthropology of food and consumption
- Gender, embodiment, and religion
- Material culture and commodity circulation
- Mobilities and walking practices (including quantified walking)
- Human-nonhuman interactions in plant materialities
- Auto-ethnographies of academic practices
Professor Meneley has received multiple Merit Awards for Research from Trent University (2021, 2020, 2009, 2005) and has secured significant research funding, including SSHRC Insight Grants for projects on Palestinian olive oil and Fitbit walking practices. Her book "Tournaments of Value: Sociability and Hierarchy in a Yemeni Town" (1996) was released in a 20th Anniversary Edition in 2016.
Her recent scholarly output demonstrates consistent productivity across top anthropology journals, with publications examining Palestinian food heritage, plant regeneration, olive oil symbolism, and quantified walking practices. This body of work shows a clear trajectory from her early Yemeni research toward contemporary studies of food politics and material culture in Palestine.
Professor Meneley has received recognition including an Honorable Mention from the American Ethnological Society for Best First Book (1997) and has served in leadership roles including as a Board Member of the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association.
She actively supervises graduate students and has served on numerous graduate committees at Trent University. Her international collaborations include serving on the International Advisory Board for the PhD program in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ilia State University in Tbilisi and maintaining research connections with scholars in Palestine, Europe, and North America.
